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“Hello, Beast” • Jenny West
Fowl Weather • Ram
The Merry Piglet • Dave Pimental
Sandthrax Solo • Scott Card & Steven Jackson
Joining the Shenanigans Club • Ryan Cornia
And We Do This for Fun? • Ram
HogFest • Ram
FreezeFest IX • Dan Ransom   ( SHORT FILM )
A Left Fork Christmas • Ram
Mysterious Christmas • Ram
Call of the Wild • Ram
Holy Water • Ram
A Christmas Heaps • Tom Jones
A Snowy Echo Canyon • Ram
Oh Deer Me • Ram
Canyon Trip Interruptus • Ram
Larry Canyon SAR • Group Perspective
Zero Gravity and a Lot of Dish Soap • Lindsey Hargrave
Near–Miss Report, Zion, Sept 2004 • Tom Jones
Plunging 15 Feet • Rick Ianniello
Aaron’s Heaps of Fun • Ram
Return to Mumbai • Ram
Echo Ropeless • Ram
The Great Turkey Rescue Caper • Ram
Tales of an Incompetent Adventurer • Ram
The Development of Zion Nat’l Park • Wayne K. Hinton
Martian Sandstone Landscapes • ed. Stefan Folias




Escalante Flood 2006 • Stefan Folias   ( CT FORMAT )





On Moqui Marbles and Mars • ed. Stefan Folias
Leprechaun Canyon   ( NAME ENTRY UPDATE )
Leprechaun Canyon Website • Bill Duncan
Of Pits and Pendulums • Jenny West (AKA Hall)
Old Ramblings • Mike Bogart
Descent of the Squeeze • Steve Allen
Fat Man’s Misery • Thomas D. McArthur
Mountain of Mystery • Brian Cabe
Descent of the Hammerhead • Brian Cabe
Just Imlay & Heaps in A Day • Tom Jones
Zion Trifecta • Jared Campbell & Buzz Burrell
Sandthrax Upclimb • Ben Hebb & Jason Kaplan
Smiling Cricket • Jason Pease
Smiling Cricket • Ram
Norway • Koen Viaene
Nepal Canyoning • Dan Ransom
I Fell 106 Feet. And Lived. • Kaitlyn Bohlin
For Pothole Puzzle Solvers • Dave Black
Chamber of the Basilisk • Scott Patterson
Little Colorado River Gorge 1980 • Rex Welshon
Goosenecks of the San Juan Illusion • Stefan Folias
Golden Cathedral Flood • Bill Wolverton  ( SHORT FILM )
The Fathers of Capitol Reef Nat’l Park • Charles Kelly
Canyon Name Database   ( UPDATE )





War with the Russian Olive • Bill Wolverton   ( UPDATE )
  •   Progress Report 2012
  •   Progress Report 2013
  •   Progress Report 2016
  •   Progress Statistics 2017–2012
  •   Map of Progress   ( UPDATE )






Tales of an Incompetent Adventurer • Ram   ( UPDATE )
  Crystal Kaleidoscope • Ram
  Bypass My Ass • Ram
  A Different Breed • Ram
  A Burning Ring of Fire • Ram
  Boundary Lines • Ram
  FreezeFest III • Ram
  Almost A Classic • Ram
  Moe Betta Floatin’ • Ram
  Bishop and the X–Men • Ram
  X–Communication • Ram
  Egypt 4 Revisited • Ram







War with the Russian Olive • Bill Wolverton   ( UPDATE )
  •   End of the Line  –  Game Over
  •   Progress Report 2011






Wilderness Photography: Recent Additions • Harvey Halpern






War with the Russian Olive • Bill Wolverton   ( UPDATE )
  •   Progress Report 2010
  •   Progress Report 2009
  •   Map of Progress
  •   Photojournal





Heaps Canyon • Scott Holley & Steve Brezovec
Reflections on Canyoneering • Joe Wrona
Triple Digit Canyoneering • Roylnn Serati
Musings & Recollections • Matt Smith
Frogs & Coyotes  •  Julien Sénamaud
Agony and Ecstasy • Mike Dallin
Heaps ... Revisited • Randi Poer
Two–way Imlay • Scott Card
Ophidiophobia • Joe Bugden
Styx & Coffin • Lori Curry
Freezefest  II  •  Ram
Crete  •  Koen Viaene
Spain  •  Ryan Cornia
The Flood • Phillip Rhoades
The Sniff Test  • Tom Jones
Rashomon  •  Group Perspective
Shenanigans • ed. Penny Martens
Not Mindbender • Lisa Jennings
Canyon Sans Beta • Kris Nosack
Juggin’ in Sally Mae • Chris Avery
Neon Keeper Descended • Mark Rosen
Another Ram Moment • Dave Pimental
An Unexpected Sleepover • Eric Godfrey
Ultra Right Fork • Tom Wetherell & Tom Jones
Imlay Goes Au Natural • Steve Brezovec & Brian Cabe
A Hardest Day & a Favorite Canyon • Jason Kaplan
Little Mid Fk N. Mid Fk Robbers Roost • Steve Mestdagh
Alone Together in Mumbai • Aaron Ramras & Ram






Wilderness Photography (UPDATE)  • Harvey Halpern
Canyons of Southern Utah Map (5MB) • Stefan Folias






Like Water Falling through the Air • Lori Curry
Benign Canyon Exploration • Lisa Jennings
Fear & Loathing in Egypt 4 • Ken Huls
PINTAC • Nat Smale
S & M • Marjorie McCloy
Arrogance • Ram
Cheese on Ice • Ram
On Writing Books • Dave Black
The New Frosted Flakes • Ram
Lost in the Darkness • Scott Patterson
Reflections in Many Pools • Ram
Bloodhound Canyon • Dave Pimental
Snakes and Ladders in Big Tony • Mark Rosen
H. Pace 1872 Inscription • Dave Pimental & James Knipmeyer
The Bird Goddess of Lake Powell • Stan Wagon
New Additions to Canyon Name Database
Minislot Guide to the Colorado Plateau






Birch Creek Descent • Brian Cabe
Backcountry Asian Cooking • Harvey Halpern
Bill Wolverton’s War with the Russian Olive
Invasive Weeds Threaten Native Species • Joe Baird
Invasive Plants on Rampage • Joe Baird & Mark Havnes
Stuck in Chambers • Steve Susswein & Sue Agranoff
Dating in Wilderness • Ram & Judy Seybold
West Fork Gem Canyon • Scott Patterson
A First Trip Through Heaps • Bo Beck
Quandary • Dave Pimental
Snowy Zion • Ram
No Kidding • Jason Pease
Egypt 3: Inexperience\Overconfidence • Rick Green






Archway Canyon   ( SPECIAL NAME ENTRY )
H. Pace 1872 Inscription   ( SPECIAL PHOTO ENTRY )






Canyon Name Database
Descents • Dennis Turville






It’s a Dirty Devil • Harvey Halpern
Snake Bite in Oz • Tony Maurer & Joe Bugden
Heaps of Fun • Tom Jones
Rescuer or Rescuee? • Tom Jones
Across the Ages • Penny Martens
Corral Canyon • Mike Dallin
Canyons of My Dreams • Ram
Shimrock the Hard Way • Rob Heineman
Temptation of Color • Phillip Rhoades
Wilderness at the Edge: Introduction • Wallace Stegner
Dirty Devil Float • Tyson Nunemacher






Tales of an Incompetent Adventurer • Ram   ( COLLECTION )
Letters from the Desert • Steve Allen   ( COLLECTION )

Das Boot • Dave Pitney
The River Trip • Marjorie McCloy
Buckskin on Ice • Jud Eades
Skunk Rescue • Mike Putiak
God’s Own • Julien Sénamaud
Chasm of Doom • Shane Burrows
Sandthrax • Hank Moon
North Wash TR • Mike Dallin
The Search for Canyon Light • Mike Dallin
Baptism by Fire • Mike Dallin

Sheena • Chris Avery
To Hall & Back •Randi Poer
Mexico Rendezvous • Randi Poer
Middle Fork of Gem Canyon • Scott Patterson
Impossible? • Scott Patterson
Cable Canyon • Mike Dallin
My Dinner with Slog King • Mike Dallin
Memorable Episodes of My Past • Bo Beck
Confessions of a Kiddie Canyoneer • Buzz Burrell
Danger Day • Penny Martens
Obsession • Malia McIlvenna

First Descent? • Dave Black
Mae West Slot • Dave Black
Long Branch • Nat Smale
Mind Bender Fork • Steve Allen
Truly Mind Bender • Stefan Folias & Nat Smale
Logjams in the Black Hole • Ram
Fixed Ropes in the Black Hole • Dave Black
A Sh***y Trip in Heaps • Dave Black

Escape from Canyon X • Tom Jones
Shenanigans • Tom Jones
Foolin’ Around • Tom Jones
Monkey Business • Ram
A Night to Remember • Tom Jones
Inferno • ed. Dave Pimental
Exploration: A Canyon Memoir • Dave Pimental

Ancient Wonders • Dave Pimental
Discovery of Outlaw Arch • Scott Patterson
To the Pot of Gold and Back • Paul Fife
The Saga of the Yawning Throats • Paul Fife
Teardrops in the Waterpocket Fold • Paul Fife
Middle Escalante Deluge • Stefan Folias
Restoration of the Escalante River • Bill Wolverton
The Man Who Saves Nat’l Park Vistas • Ethan Gilsdorf